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Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

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Names
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 3
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 3
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 3
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
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Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
Manders (Established 1850) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 1
Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Conway, Cedric, c1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Dever, Harold, c1900 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Fielding, Bernard, Active 1990 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Fodens Ltd (1887 - 2006) 1
Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Hives, Joe (Joseph), Active c1900 - 1979 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
J. & H. McLaren (1876 - 1959) 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jackson, Percy (Percival), Active 1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
John Fowler & Co. (1863 - 1974) 1
Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Leeson, Jack, 1917 - 1995 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Madison, Ray, Active c1980 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Marston, Cliff, c1908 - 1978 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Poole, Harry, c1895 - 1980 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Richard Garrett & Sons (1778 - 1981) 1
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Scott-Stewart, Dick (Richard), 1948 - 2002 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Sissons, Richard, Born c1950 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Smart, Kay, c1930 - 2016 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Taylor, Ron, c1919 - 2004 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Fairground Mercury (Established 1978) 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
Tucker, George, c1908 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
W. Chadwick & Sons (Established 1889) 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Wilkinson, Jack, 1904 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
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